European Council, European Commission. EU-Canada Summit (and 30/10 – Montreal). See 29/10.
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Working Party on the United Kingdom. – Financial services attachés. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/o2v
Tuesday 3 November
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Working Party on the United Kingdom. – Education Committee. - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF). – Antici Group. – ‘Justice/Home Affairs’ Advisers. – Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/o60
European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - AFET: exchange of views on the outcome of the EU-Canada summit (29-30/10) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o68 ). – AFET-DEVE: high-level geopolitical dialogue with High Representative Kaja Kallas and Commissioners Dubravka Šuica (Mediterranean), Marta Kos (Enlargement) and Jozef Síkela (International Partnerships) (in camera) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o68 ). – ECON-EMPL: hearing “Reducing gender pension gap” (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6c ). – ECON-BUDG: exchange of views with Declan Costello, Director-General of the Reform and Investment Task Force (SG REFORM) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6c ). – ECON-LIBE: exchange of views on the misuse of informal money transfer services, stablecoins and crypto-assets (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6c ). – ECON: consideration of the report on the ECB’s annual report (rapporteur: G. Assis) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6c ). – CONT: presentation of the Court of Auditors’ report on combating illicit tobacco trade in the EU (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6e ). – EUDS: public hearing “Disinformation campaigns and their impact on democratic resilience: the case of women in public life” (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6i ). – HOUS: public hearing on Housing Markets without Speculation: Public Tools to Restore Housing Affordability (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6k ). – SEDE-AFCO: examination of aspects of a common European defence union (rapporteurs: N. Herbst, S. De Meo) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6p ).
Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - C-583/24 (Tagu – European arrest warrant – A Dutch court asks the Court of Justice whether EU law allows the authority executing a European arrest warrant to refuse to surrender a person to the issuing state on the grounds that the sentence imposed on them is disproportionate to the offence for which it was imposed). #Opinions: - C-250/25 (Like Company – Intellectual property – A Hungarian court asks the Court of Justice whether using press publications to train a generative AI LLM (Large Language Model) falls within the publisher’s exclusive reproduction right, or whether such use is freely permitted under the text and data mining exception provided for in EU law. Two further questions concern whether the responses provided by the chatbot to its users may fall within the reproduction right and/or the right of making available to the public granted to the publisher).
Wednesday 4 November
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper II. - European Union Military Committee (EUMC). – ‘Justice/Home Affairs’ Advisers. – Financial services attachés. - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). – ‘Justice/Home Affairs’ Advisers. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/o62
European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (Brussels). - 2027 Commission work programme (von der Leyen). - 2026 annual overview report on simplification, implementation and enforcement (von der Leyen). - Enlargement package (von der Leyen). - European annual asylum and migration report (Virkkunen). - Education and skills package (Mînzatu). - European strategy on sustainable tourism (Fitto).
European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - AFET: presentation of the 2026 enlargement package by Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o68 ). – AGRI: exchange of views with the Commission on the New Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation for agriculture and rural areas (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o69 ). – BUDG-CONT: establishing an expenditure tracking and performance framework for the budget and other horizontal rules for the EU programmes and activities (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6d ). - CULT: (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6f ). – DROI: public hearing on “Addressing human rights in the Horn of Africa, with a particular focus on gender-based violence”; exchange of views on the return of refugees to Afghanistan (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o72 ) – ENVI: exchange of views with the Director of the European Chemicals Agency (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o73 ). – ENVI: vote on revised CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans (rapporteur: M. Salini) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o74 ). – ENVI-SANT: presentation of the Court of Auditors’ report on the rescEU reserve under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o75 ). – ENVI-IMCO-TRAN: joint discussion of the report on aligning maritime transport with revisions to the Emissions Trading System (rapporteur: P. Liese) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o76 ). – FEMM: hearing on a European response to the backlash against gender equality (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6j ). – FEMM-LIBE: review of the directive on combating violence against women two years after its entry into force (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6j ). - INTA: presentation of the annual report on the implementation of EU trade policy; exchange of views with Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič (Trade) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6l ). – LIBE: introduction of Europol’s new Executive Director; exchange of views with the Commission on the escalation of political violence by far-left organisations in Europe (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6m ). – PETI: examination of various draft petitions (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6n ). – REGI: public hearing on rural women and the “right to stay” in the context of demographic change (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6o ). – TRAN: public hearing “Hyperloop and rail transport – An innovation-friendly regulatory approach to public transport” (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6q ).
European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg). – Publication of a review of Opportunities for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework – follow-up of review 03/2025.
General Court of the European Union (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - T-535/24 (Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)/Council of the EU – Restrictive measures – Sanctions – The non-profit organisation RMRS has brought an action before the General Court seeking the annulment of certain provisions imposing restrictive measures on it as part of EU sanctions against Russia, which had been successively extended until 31 July 2026).
Thursday 5 November
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Security Committee. - Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Members). – Mertens Group. – ‘Justice/Home Affairs’ Advisers. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/o63
European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - AFET-BUDG: dialogue on the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans and Moldova, and dialogue on the Ukraine Facility (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o68 ). – AGRI: exchange of views with Commissioner Christophe Hansen on the budget allocated to EU promotion policy and the annual report on simplification, implementation and enforcement (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o69 ). - CULT: Commission presentation of the new legislative framework for the European Capitals of Culture initiative for 2034-2047 (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6f ). – DROI: Workshop on “The misuse of counter-terrorism laws and their implications on human rights across the world” (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6g ). – FEMM: presentation of a study on declining funding for women’s rights organisations (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6j ). - INTA: exchange of views with the Commission on global developments in forced labour legislation; state of play of EU trade measures concerning products from Israeli settlements (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6l ). – LIBE: Commission presentation on the progress of negotiations on readmission agreements and arrangements (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6m ). – PETI: consideration of various draft petitions (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/o6n ).
Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - joined cases C-266/24 P (Commission/Ryanair – Covid-19 State aid to KLM), C-269/24 P (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij/Ryanair – Covid-19 State aid to KLM), C-289/24 P (Société Air France and Air France-KLM/Ryanair – Covid-19 State aid to KLM – State aid to airlines for losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic – The European Commission, KLM, Air France and the holding company Air France-KLM subsequently appealed to the Court of Justice to have the General Court’s judgment set aside. That judgment, delivered following an action brought by Ryanair, annulled the Commission’s approval of State aid on the grounds that it had been granted solely to KLM and its subsidiaries, excluding Air France and the holding company Air France/KLM). - C-505/24 P (Condor Flugdienst/Ryanair – State aid to airlines – The Court of Justice is to rule on an appeal brought by the airline Condor against the General Court’s judgment annulling the Commission’s approval of German restructuring aid for the airline following the bankruptcy of its parent company, Thomas Cook). - C-495/25 (Syndicat professional du chanvre – Agriculture – Food products – The French Council of State asks the Court of Justice whether natural cannabidiol (CBD) can be certified as an organic product for human consumption under the regulation on organic production). - C-118/25 P (Nord Stream 2/European Parliament and Council of the EU – Energy – Nord Stream 2 AG is challenging before the Court of Justice a General Court judgment dismissing its action on the merits concerning the amended provision of the gas supply rules on derogations for gas pipelines completed before 23 May 2019). – C-395/25 (Orkla Care – Energy – Swedish courts have asked the Court of Justice to clarify the criteria for assessing the similarity between the packaging of hazardous substances and that of foodstuffs under the regulation on the packaging of hazardous substances or mixtures).
Friday 6 November
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Financial Services Committee (FSC). – Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF). – ‘Justice/Home Affairs’ Advisers. - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/o64
